New Delhi, June 21 (Udaipur Kiran) – After a 10-day halt, the Southwest Monsoon advanced into some states on Thursday, June 21. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the monsoon has covered large parts of Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and Vidarbha.
The IMD forecasts that the monsoon will reach parts of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Gangetic and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, and eastern Uttar Pradesh within the next 3-4 days. The IMD also reported that the country has received 77 mm of rainfall from June 1 to June 20, which is 17% less than the average rainfall of 92.8 mm usually received during this period.
Monsoon: Current Progress and Stagnation
The Southwest Monsoon reached Nicobar on May 19. This year, the monsoon arrived in Kerala two days earlier than usual, on May 30, and subsequently covered several states. However, it stalled from June 12 to June 18, causing heatwaves in North India.
By June 12, the monsoon had fully covered Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana. It had also reached most parts of southern Maharashtra, parts of southern Chhattisgarh, southern Odisha, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, and all northeastern states.
As of June 18, the monsoon had advanced to Navsari in Gujarat, Jalgaon, Amravati, and Chandrapur in Maharashtra, Bijapur and Sukma in Chhattisgarh, Malkangiri in Odisha, and Vizianagaram in Andhra Pradesh. The IMD predicts that the monsoon will be below normal in June, with 92% of the Long Period Average (LPA) rainfall expected.
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